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as at 15 January 1954
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Royal Warrants
George the Fifth, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and
the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith,
Emperor of India, to all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting!
Whereas Her late Majesty Queen Victoria was graciously pleased
in the year 1894 to institute and create a Medal for the Volunteer
Force to be designated “The Volunteer Long Service Medal”, and by
a Warrant under Her Sign Manual dated 13 June 1896, did extend
the grant of such Medal to Our Indian and Colonial Volunteer Forces
and to Volunteer Forces raised for Our Service in countries under Our
protection;
And Whereas Her late Majesty by a Warrant under Her Sign Manual
dated 18 May 1899 did subsequently institute and create a Medal for
Our Colonial Auxiliary Forces to be designated “The Colonial Auxil-
iary Forces Long Service Medal”, to reward the long and meritorious
services of members of such forces;
And Whereas His late Majesty King Edward the Seventh was gra-
ciously pleased in the year 1904 to approve of a Medal for long ser-
Note
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989
have been made in this reprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together
with other explanatory material about this reprint.
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Given at Our Court at St. James’s this 23rd day of September, in the
21st year of Our Reign, and in the year of Our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and thirty.
Given at Our Court at St. James’s, this 1st day of February, in the 4th
year of Our Reign, and in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and forty.
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George the Sixth, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and
the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith,
Emperor of India, to all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting!
Whereas His late Majesty King George V, by a Warrant under His
Sign Manual dated 23 September 1930, was pleased to make, ordain
and establish rules and ordinances for the governance of The Effi-
ciency Medal, reserving to Himself, His Heirs and Successors full
power of annulling, altering, abrogating, augmenting, interpreting or
dispensing with those rules and ordinances, or any part thereof, by a
notification under Royal Sign Manual;
And Whereas We are desirous of providing for the award of addi-
tional Clasps for each period of 6 year’s efficient service after the
award of the first Clasp to be worn on the ribbon of the medal;
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Now Therefore We do by these Presents for Us, Our Heirs and Suc-
cessors, ordain and appoint that the Sixth Clause of the said Warrant
shall be amended by the substitution of the words “for each addi-
tional completed period of 6 years’ efficient service as aforesaid” for
the words “to those who complete 24 years’ efficient service as afore-
said”.
Given at Our Court at St. James’s, this 26th day of August, 1944, in
the 8th year of Our Reign.
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George the Sixth, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and
the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith,
Emperor of India, to all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting!
Whereas His late Majesty King George V, by a Warrant under His
Sign Manual dated 23 September 1930, was pleased to make, ordain
and establish rules and ordinances for the governance of The Effi-
ciency Medal, reserving to Himself, His Heirs and Successors full
power of annulling, altering, abrogating, augmenting, interpreting or
dispensing with those rules and ordinances, or any part thereof, by a
notification under Royal Sign Manual;
And Whereas We are desirous of providing for the award of The
Efficiency Medal to auxiliaries of Our Auxiliary Territorial Service;
Now Therefore We do by these Presents for Us, Our Heirs and Suc-
cessors, ordain and appoint that the following words be added to the
Fifth article of the said Warrant:
“It is further ordained that the Medal shall be awarded to warrant of-
ficers, non-commissioned officers and other auxiliaries of Our Aux-
iliary Territorial Service and that the provisions of this Our Warrant,
so far as they relate to warrant officers, non-commissioned officers
and men of Our Territorial Army shall apply to warrant officers,
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Given at Our Court at St. James’s, this 4th day of April, in the tenth
year of Our Reign, and in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and forty-six.
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George The Sixth by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and
the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith,
Emperor of India, to all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting!
Whereas His late Majesty King George V, by a Warrant under His
Sign Manual dated 23 September 1930, was pleased to make, ordain
and establish rules and ordinances for the governance of The Effi-
ciency Medal, reserving to Himself, His Heirs and Successors full
power of annulling, altering, abrogating, augmenting, interpreting or
dispensing with those rules and ordinances, or any part thereof, by a
notification under Royal Sign Manual;
And Whereas We deem it expedient to make further provision re-
garding the conditions under which The Efficiency Medal and Clasps
shall be awarded:
Our Will And Pleasure Is that officers who are serving or who have
served as such on the active list of any of our Armed Forces during
the present Emergency and who were, on 2 September 1939, serving
as officers, warrant officers, non-commissioned officers, men, or aux-
iliaries, on the active list of Our Territorial Army or of Our Auxiliary
Territorial Service, or of any Auxiliary Military Forces raised in Our
Indian Empire, Burma, any of Our Colonies, any Territory under Our
Protection, or in any other part of Our Dominions Our Government
whereof shall so desire, or in any Territory under our Protection ad-
ministered by Us in such Government, and were embodied or called
up for service, shall, until Our Further Will and Pleasure be made
known, and subject in other respects to the conditions laid down in
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Given at Our Court of St. James’s, this 10th day of May, in the tenth
year of Our Reign, and in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and forty-six.
Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.
Date of notification in Gazette: 14 January 1954.
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Contents
1 General
2 Status of reprints
3 How reprints are prepared
4 Changes made under section 17C of the Acts and Regulations
Publication Act 1989
5 List of amendments incorporated in this reprint (most recent
first)
Notes
1 General
This is a reprint of The Efficiency Medal. The reprint incorp-
orates all the amendments to the warrant as at 15 January 1954,
as specified in the list of amendments at the end of these notes.
Relevant provisions of any amending enactments that contain
transitional, savings, or application provisions that cannot be
compiled in the reprint are also included, after the principal
enactment, in chronological order. For more information, see
http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/reprints/.
2 Status of reprints
Under section 16D of the Acts and Regulations Publication
Act 1989, reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the
date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment
and by the amendments to that enactment. This presumption
applies even though editorial changes authorised by section
17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have
been made in the reprint.
This presumption may be rebutted by producing the official
volumes of statutes or statutory regulations in which the prin-
cipal enactment and its amendments are contained.
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see http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/
or Part 8 of the Tables of New Zealand Acts and Ordinances
and Statutory Regulations and Deemed Regulations in Force.
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